More progress today.....been at it all day. A friend came over this morning and helped me hang all the plywood....he's a house builder, so it was easy for him. He had other projects going on so I finished up the gable ends. Tore off all the diagonal cedar lap, put some OSB on there and will decide what siding I'll use soon......it'll get wrapped with Tyvec tomorrow hopefully.....but the weather is supposed to be nice into next week so should be able to take my time....

So, it's been a while, but today I got a really cool reminder of what I have sitting in may garage and why I feel lucky to have one in such good condition, even if it is in a million pieces. Meet Ms. Mossy.....

Looks like it was last registered in 81, it was so rusty it just fell apart anywhere you touched it. But it's amazing that the dash pad was still in perfect condition! I got what I think were the only few parts worth saving, I'm sure it will meet the crusher very soon. The entire front end was crumbling, I have never seen such rust.

How did that dash pad survive being submerged in a swamp for 35 years?

Because when you spend a silly amount of money on a silly, trivial thing that will help you not one jot, you are demonstrating that you have a soul and a heart and that you are the sort of person who has no time for Which? magazine. – Jeremy Clarkson

But concerning the survival of the dash and interior parts; here in the Pacific North West, we have a unique environment along the coast that permits amazing growth of plant life. The very mild climate without extremes coupled with the consistent amounts of mosture which comes regularly means that just about everything is damp and has a growth on it in a short period of time. You'll note that only the stainless trim on that car was free of some sort of growth. The windshield was likely covered in UV blocking moss within a year of that car being parked, since then it would have been in a sheltered environment. Likely the vinyl on the door cards was still soft as well. Bite cardboard would have disintegrated in the humidity. There are a large number of Datsuns up here that have most of the stock interior parts still intact. The metal takes a beating if not kept dry, but other parts which take a beating in the souther zones happily survive up here. It's a bit of a trade off.